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The document is a homework assignment on energy for future decision makers. It contains 16 multiple choice or short answer questions about concepts like heat loss through conduction, efficiency of insulation, heat pumps, district heating systems, and more. Key details assessed include the formula for heat loss, potential savings from insulating different parts of a home, coefficients of performance for heat pumps, and estimated energy savings and payback period for a building using ground source heat pumps.

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HM 9

The document is a homework assignment on energy for future decision makers. It contains 16 multiple choice or short answer questions about concepts like heat loss through conduction, efficiency of insulation, heat pumps, district heating systems, and more. Key details assessed include the formula for heat loss, potential savings from insulating different parts of a home, coefficients of performance for heat pumps, and estimated energy savings and payback period for a building using ground source heat pumps.

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Michelle Chandy

Energy For Future Decision Makers


Homework due April 21, 11:59 PM

1. What is the basic law governing heat loss by conduction or convection (lecture slide 2)?

heat loss=leakiness∗∆ T

2. In a Chicago house with a leakiness of 7.7 kWh/d-°C and an average temperature


difference of 36°F (=20°C), how much heat is lost to leakiness?

7.7 kWh
heat loss= ∗20 ° C=154 kWh /d
d−C °

3. Assuming the house is typical (lecture slide 4), how much can this loss be reduced by
perfectly insulating the roof?

It can be reduced by 25 % . That is.25∗277.2=38.5 kWh /d

4. by perfectly insulating the walls?

53.9 kWh
It can be reduced by 35 % . That is.35∗277.2= .
d

5. by perfectly sealing the windows and doors?

38.5 kWh
It can be reduced by 25 % . That is .
d

6. The heat to a Chicago house with a leakiness of 7.7 kWh/d-°C is supplied by a gas furnace
with an efficiency 90%.
How much energy (in kWh/d) is required to heat the house, if the average temperature
difference is 36°F (=20°C)?

C∗7.7 kWh
20°
d−° C
=171.11 kWh /d
.9

7. If the inside temperature were reduced 5°F = 2.8°C, how much heating power would be
saved, in kWh/d and in percent?

23.62kWh
=13.8 %∈ savings
d

8. How is combined heat and power used in "district heating" (lecture slide 14)
Heat and power combined increases efficient by utilizing a temperature gradient. The
waste heat from a power plant is used to heat homes.

9. What is the definition of the coefficient of performance (CoP) for a heat pump (lecture
slide 16)?

heat moved
CoP=
power supplied

10. What are typical values of the CoP for heat pumps?

3 or 4

11. If a heat pump with a CoP of 3 is used to heat a building, what is the ratio of the heat
delivered to the building / energy supplied to the heat pump (lecture slide 16)?

4 total delivered/1 supplied = 4

12. Why is a ground source heat pump use less energy than an air source heat pump
(lecture slide 18)?

The temperature difference is greater for an air source heat pump.

13. Which building at UIC is heated by ground source heat pumps (lecture slide 19)?

Grant Hall

14. What are the annual energy savings?

17%-18% in savings

15. What is the estimated payback period"

20 years

16. Given a 53% efficient generation of electricity from the best gas turbine, and a heat
pump with a CoP of 4, what is the effective efficiency of heating (lecture slide 21 and
MacKay p 150)

About 5%

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